Metal Chunks Found in Kraft Mac n’ Cheese – But That’s Not the Only Problem
If you by any chance have a box of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese in your pantry (and we hope you don't), you may want to get it outta there. Along with the luck of the Irish, this St. Patty's Day came with at least eight people finding shards of metal in their macaroni. According to Kraft Foods Group Inc, boxes...
Boost Brain Power and Creativity With These 5 Foods
When you hear the word ‘creative,’ you might automatically think of artists and writers, but in reality, we all could benefit from being a bit more creative on a day-to-day basis. Creativity, or the process of conceptualizing or creating something new, not only benefits your emotional health—it also tends to make life a little more interesting! Although creativity is often...
Why You Should Have Only a Few Close Friends
Apparently, we as humans are only able to handle 150 friends. This number of 150 has been named “Dunbar's number,” after an anthropologist by the name of Robin Dunbar. Dunbar has claimed that our brains cannot handle any more than 150 friends. Here is an example of what Dunbar was speaking about. The owner of a company that sold outdoor...
Intermittent Fasting: The Key to Weight Loss and Better Health?
‘Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.’ ‘Eat six small meals a day to boost your metabolism and lose weight.’ These ideas and others like them are accepted as common knowledge in health and weight loss circles. But what if eating less frequently—even fasting—was the key to weight loss and better health? Well, that is exactly what people...
Does Your Peanut Butter Contain a Carcinogenic Mold?
Peanut butter: a staple in children’s lunch boxes and a favorite snack of most of the country’s adults. Americans consume an average of 3 pounds of the tasty spread every year. Peanut butter’s status as a health food has always been dubious, as it’s high in fat and calories and super addictive! However, there are a few other facts about...
Millet – A Gluten-Free Grain that Prevents Gallstones and Reduces Risk of Breast Cancer
You may have thought that millet was just an ingredient in birdseed, but it is actually a wonderful gluten-free grain that could be just what you need to round out your diet. Vital nutrients Millet contains many important nutrients, such as copper, phosphorus, magnesium, and manganese. In fact, it's the magnesium content that makes it so valuable for your heart health....
How Much Sugar do You Eat??
Sugar has been around for a very, very long time, however, we have increased our consumption to outrageous amounts. Our ancestors, who got their food out of the ground, consumed about one ounce of sugar per day Today, that has risen to about six and a half ounces per day, with most of the increase in consumption occurring over the...
Change Your Attitude and Improve Your Health
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CcyyoHuBSg&feature=youtu.be If you have ever heard that you need an attitude adjustment, you may not understand how much it can really help your health. Just making a simple shift in the way you think can improve both mental and physical wellbeing. Here are some tips to get you thinking the right way. -The Alternative Daily
Everything You Need to Know About the Most Recent Superbug Outbreak
If you’re not already convinced that superbugs are serious and dangerous business, this news might make you change your mind. In the past two weeks, at least 25 cases of the antibiotic resistant superbug known as CRE (carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae) were reported in Los Angeles and North Carolina, and in three of the cases, the infection led to death. CRE is...
Study: Can Meditation Protect Gray Matter?
As we age, protecting the functionality of our brains becomes increasingly important. This is because we humans are naturally subject to decreases in brain volume as we age. Since the quality of our cognitive function is so vital to our quality of life, we must protect our brains! So, how exactly do we protect our brains? Besides living a healthy...
